Re: [BUG v13] Crash with event trigger in extension

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr(at)dalibo(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [BUG v13] Crash with event trigger in extension
Date: 2020-09-08 14:33:24
Message-ID: 20200908143324.GA11045@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2020-Sep-08, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais wrote:

> It appears that when keeping the event trigger enabled,
> currentEventTriggerState might be initiated multiple times: one for the top
> level "alter extension ... update", then once per DDL query triggering en event
> in the extension update script. I suppose there's no crash because the very
> first currentEventTriggerState initialized at top level is overrode by next
> ones, each being destroyed in their own context. So at the end of the
> extension script, currentEventTriggerState is just destroyed and empty.

Hmm. I spent a lot of time making sure the event trigger thing worked
correctly in reentrant cases, but I don't think the case of execution of
extension scripts was ever considered. So you're right that it might be
broken, since it appears not to be thoroughly tested (if at all).

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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